The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
PERSONAL.

The Boston Transcript speaks of Gov. Fora
ker, of Ohio, as 1.-THE end man of politics." This
is doubtless because he plays on the bones of
dead issues.
GEN TooMBs, of Georgia, often boosted that
during his eighteen years in the United States
Congress he never obtained dollar as an ap-
preparation for his district.
WILLIAM D. HowELLs recently remarked
Many imagine that writing books, and es-
pecally novels is easy work. / tell YOU that it
decidedly is not. 1t is work, and hard work."
Ex-SECRETARY HoLcoMB, of the American Le-
cation at Pekin, says that out of the 400,0O 900
inhabitants of the Chinese Empire fully 300-
OOO,OOO spend less than 81 so a month for food
LORD TENNYsoN receives an income of from
$4,000 TO $4,000 year from the sale of his
books; but not a cent of il comes from an Amer
lean publisher, despite the fact that his poetry
is nearly as popular here as in England.
Miss SKERRETT, who used to be Queen
Victoria's private secretary lately died at the
age of 95 years. She was an accomplished
linguist and student so interchangeable that at
the time of her death she was studying Icelandic
to be able better to understand the Sagas.
EDGAR FAwcETT says that he was asked to
collaborate with Inspector Byrnes in producing
the detective stories which have made such an
amazing hit under the joint efforts of Byrnes
and Hawthorne, Mr.. Fawcett asserts that he
was not attracted to the work and asked so
large price for his services that the publishers
could not accept his proposition.
FREDERICK WARDE was Intended by his father
for a clergyman, and was regularly ordained as
parson of the church of England At the
earnest request and command of his father he
composed a sermon, but it was never delivered
Its title was "Al Men are Equal, and contained
red-hot revolutionary ideas. The bishop would
not let it be delivered, and released him from
the church. Warde thus gained his wishes and
forthwith went on the stage.
New YORK STATE has had twenty-eight Gov
three hapbalorc
namely Tilden. Cleveland and Hill But while
Samuel j. Illden was a confirmed bachelor he
was, nevertheless fond of the society of ladies'
That Mr.. Cleveland had no strong prejudice
against the gentler sex his marriage clearly
proves. But Gov. Hill seems to be entirely de-
voted to the society of his own sex. He is the
most uncOmpromising bachelor in the State and
though he is repeatedly urged to contemplate
matrimony by his friends he always turns a deaf
ear to such suggestions.
THE New York Press says that Senator Col
quit made mistake when he chose politics as
a profession. If ever there was good Metho-
dist circuit rider of the antique pattern
thoroughly spoiled it was when Alfred II. Col
quit determined to enter politics. Tie has a
genius for Sunday school experimenting, tenn
perance ecturing aud revival preaching. He
looks like an evangelist he acts like one, and
his life does not give the lie to his professions
Strange to say, he has had a good deal of sue
cess in his public career. He has been Governor
and was a satisfactory one. He is now United
States Senator, and he and Senator Brown man
age to secure as many good places for the
Georgia boys as are given to the less religious
Senators from the South. Mr. Brown repre-
sents the old time wickedness of Georgia-Mr
Colquitt its new traits of goodness.
BURTON N HARRISON, the attorney who was
private secretary of jefferson Davis, was a pas
senger on the steamship that brought the Rev
DR.. Parker to this country several years ago,
when Mr. Beecher was still alive and filled the
Plymouth pulpit, where DIR. Parker has re-
Gently been making somewhat of a sensation.
An episode of the voyage is related by Mr. Har.
rison. which was in the nature of a Joke on the
clergyman DIR. Parker was accompanied by
his amiabe and attractive wife, for whom the
cabin passengers Immediately conceived adrnira-
ton and affection. but who seemed to them to
receive too little attention from her reflective
and absent-m minded husband. The third day out
mock court was organized. Among the Gull
prits arraigned before the Judge was DR. Parker
who was charged with gross neglect One OF
the first steps in the impanelng Of Jury was
TO call Mrs. Parker as a member OF IL. DR. Par
ker's counsel protested, his objection being on
the ground that wifely relation was an insur-
mountabe barrier, whereupon the Judge
gravely decided that IL was THE common OBJ
servation and judgment of the ships passengers
that these persons bore no relation whatever to
one another" ana that the lady was therefore
competent to sit on jury.